| Sunderland | Middlesbrough |
|---|
| GK | Craig Gordon | | GK | Ross Turnbull |
| DR | George McCartney | | DR | Andrew Taylor |
| DR | Pascal Chimbonda | | DR | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| DR | Nyron Nosworthy | | DR | Robert Huth |
| DR | Anton Ferdinand | | DR | David Wheater |
| S1 | MD | Teemu Tainio | | MD | Gary O'Neil |
| MD | Dean Whitehead | S1 | MD | Didier Digard |
| MD | Steed Malbranque | | AM | Stewart Downing |
| AM | Kieran Richardson | S2 | AM | Adam Johnson |
| S2 | FD | Djibril Cisse | | FD | Jeremie Aliadiere |
| S3 | FD | El Hadji Diouf | | FD | Afonso Alves |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Michael Chopra | S1 | DR | Justin Hoyte |
| S2 | MD | Andy Reid | S2 | MD | Mohamed Shawky |
| S3 | FD | Daryl Murphy | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roy Keane | | | Gareth Southgate |